{
    "term": "lion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ma/mammals.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large, powerful animal of the cat family that hunts in groups and lives in parts of Africa and southern Asia. Lions have yellow-brown fur and the male has a mane (= long, thick hair round its neck).",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The lion shook its mane and roared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pride of lions *(= a group of them)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over the past two months, 13 lions have been killed by poachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had once been chased and almost eaten by a lion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young Masai men gather for traditional lion hunts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "… of lions": ["pride"],
                "lion + verb": ["growl", "roar", "attack somebody"],
                "lion + noun": ["cub", "tamer", "hunt"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a difficult situation in which you have to face a person or people who are unfriendly or aggressive towards you",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the largest or best part of something when it is divided",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to go to see an important or powerful person to tell them that you disagree with them, that you want something, etc.",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪən/",
                "audio": "li/lion/lion__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪən/",
                "audio": "li/lion/lion__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French liun, from Latin leo, leon-, from Greek leōn, leont-."
}